Why do all of the most interesting and comic-worthy news stories emerge while I have no net access with which to read them? No doubt by the time I sit down to write next weeks comic, the only industry news to be found on all of the usual channels will be the same old boring PR regurgitation for whatever the sequel of the day is.

During a week with at least three AAA releases, what do I comic about?

My holiday preparations of course!
Unfortunately for humanity as a whole, the events depicted in the first three panels are presented exactly as they happened in real life.
My apologies to all involved.

I make no promises on the content of next weeks strip, as I will have to draw it while on vacation. It will be an exciting adventure for us all, I’m sure.

Oh Activision…
Delightfully evil Activision.
What do you do when you’re faced with the usual pointless online petition Slactivism over the lack of dedicated servers for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2? You throw your head back , laugh and reel off a list of other featuresthat PC gamers have enjoyed for decades that will not be in this game.

Oh Activision, your evil ways are beloved only by manufacturers of plastic instruments and web-cartoonists.

There are times when it is easy being a rabid Marvel comics fan-boy.This isn’t one of those times.

Yes, believe it or not, I didn’t create Franken-Castle just for the punchline for this strip. A billion dollar corporation actually believes that this is a good direction for what should be Marvel’s grimiest and most realistic comic book.

But since most of the corporation’s profits come from movie adaptations, (an area the Punisher hasn’t had much success with, despiterepeatedefforts.) they probably thought “What the heck, let’s go nuts.”